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ArticleCancers2026

Impact of Hydrogel Spacer Insertion on Radiation Dose to Erectile Structures and Longitudinal Sexual Function in Prostate Cancer Patients.

Eyael Zeru, Ziwei Feng, Liang Dong, Ning Meng, Yike Guo, Yi Luo, Yin Zhang, Holly Schuh, Kai Ding

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Article in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Eyael ZeruDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-0227-7882

Ziwei FengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

Liang DongDepartment of Urology, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7689-3237

Ning MengDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Yike GuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Yi LuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Yin ZhangRutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.

Holly SchuhDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7901-4477

Kai DingDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8202-0173

Funding

National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health R37CA229417

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

dosimetryerectile dysfunctionhydrogel spacerneurovascular bundlepatient-reported outcomespenile bulbprostate cancerradiation therapyradiotherapy toxicitysexual function

Identifiers

PMID41827747

DOI10.3390/cancers18050814

PMCPMC12984333

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